If Free-Speech falls, we're in trouble

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Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What you are literally pitching is, if you advertise on a platform, that you cannot STOP advertising on that platform, if you dont like what that platform is doing, because you're interfering with their right to free speech.

Its not even close to something the government is supposed to protect.

It's fine to say that you think they shouldn't ban people, or that this forum shouldn't ban people, that's your right. But if this forum decides to kick you for saying that its their right, and if you go crying to the feds to make them stop, you're a commie!

The only thing I pitched was the notion that platforms who assume editorial authority over their content should no longer be able to claim exemption from liability for the content on their platform, as they do today. Either they're a platform for user generated content that conforms to first amendment principles or they're a publisher providing user generated content and assume the responsibilities associated with that.

I was however advocating that companies should voluntarily choose to adhere to first amendment principles because it would be more simple than trying to moderate all the content on their platform, and would alienate the fewest potential customers, but I never implied I wanted the government to force them into providing a platform for content they disagreed with. You're arguing against points I never made.